Chad Carney

BBQ, Biscuits, and the Bible

My best friend and I made a visit to a hospital in Birmingham the other night. We visited a young couple whose sweet baby is in the NICU. We talked for a while. I shared some funny and true stories and we encouraged them. We prayed and headed out. The next order of business wasContinue reading “BBQ, Biscuits, and the Bible”

Aftermath.

Church prom season has passed us. Easter was yesterday, and some people made their bi-annual church trip. The Easter Bunny made his stops. I swapped for an additional chocolate bunny. There were great outfits, great music, powerful videos, and good preaching. There were tons of people in alters, praying, crying, and giving their lives toContinue reading “Aftermath.”

Warning!! Your Kids Are Under Attack!!!

Turn on the news, open a social media platform, look at a paper, (are those still around?) or just look at our teens, they are under attack from all angles. No, it is not like it used to be when we were young. These kids are on a whole other playing field. They are underContinue reading “Warning!! Your Kids Are Under Attack!!!”

Deciding to Wait.

For the Ones Who Decided to Wait. “You’re still a virgin?” “Wow, good for you! I could never do that.” “There are still twenty-six-year-old virgins? WOW!” Have you ever made a decision when you were a teenager and stuck to it? Yeah, I know, most of us don’t. And in 100% honesty, the majority ofContinue reading “Deciding to Wait.”

Dealing With Doubt

We can believe other people for their miracles but when He asks us to trust Him through a storm or have faith when the things we see aren’t lining up with the Word He gave us…

You have to talk about racism with your kids.

One of the issues that we parents have to understand and address with our teens, is racism. Racism is everywhere lately. It is in the news. Our kids are all around it. It permeates their social media. It is in the music. It is all around them. Let’s define racism first. Racism is defined asContinue reading “You have to talk about racism with your kids.”

You Made Us Stink!

I have been teaching through the book of Exodus with the youth group. I have just been taking it chapter by chapter and really without an outline. I wanted the scriptures to just speak for themselves. When students would ask questions, we would stop and examine the scripture more closely. When we ran across theContinue reading “You Made Us Stink!”

Let’s talk about student loans and your teens.

With so much talk about student loans recently, I thought I would give you my thoughts on the whole debacle. Recently, the President said that the US Government would forgive up to $300 billion worth of federal student loans. Each person who qualifies will receive at max ten thousand forgiveness. While it seems like aContinue reading “Let’s talk about student loans and your teens.”

The thing about selfies….

For the past few months, I have tried to grasp an idea that has been floating around in my mind. When I was growing up, we had Polaroid cameras. You know the type where you took a photo, and it came out on the white framed paper, and against the manufacturer’s suggestions, we shook it.Continue reading “The thing about selfies….”

Feet pics, messaging, and your teen.

Kids say the darndest things. They especially say those things when there is a sense of anonymity to them. A friend of mine asked recently if she should go through her teenage daughters phone, and my resounding answer was, YES!!!!!!! Now it is not only for snooping for anything your child has sent that mayContinue reading “Feet pics, messaging, and your teen.”